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Are acepromazine and ketamine similar?
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No: Aceprimazine is closely related to Chlorpromazine and is a veterinary drug. These drugs in humans are antipsychotic medications. Ketamine is not relate at all to theses drugs. It is in its own class and causes dissociative anesthesia.
Answered 7/10/2015
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No: Acepromazine and ketamine can both be used as animal anesthetics, but they are not the same drug. Ketamine is a nonbarbiturate anesthetic, and acepromazine is a phenothiazine related to thorazine (chlorpromazine) ( the first human antipsychotic agent discovered). Sometimes veterinarians may use the 2 of these drugs together.
Answered 5/22/2015
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